Intro Stats, Books a la Carte Edition (5th Edition)
Intro Stats, Books a la Carte Edition (5th Edition)
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Author: Richard D. De Veaux, Paul Velleman, David E. Bock
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9, Problem 29E

Scottish hill races, men and women The Scottish hill races considered in Exercise 14 are run by both men and women. We can combine the data to fit a single model for both. Here is one such model. The variable Dist*Sex is the product of the variable Distance and the indicator variable Sex, which is 0 for women and 1 for men.

Chapter 9, Problem 29E, Scottish hill races, men and women The Scottish hill races considered in Exercise 14 are run by both

  1. a) What is the purpose of including the variable Dist*Sex in this model?
  2. b) What does the coefficient of that variable mean in this model?
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